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Looking back over the camping and festival summer

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Early autumn and yet already I feel the gloom of the colder weather affecting me. Partly due to the weather and partly due to the lack of annual leave left to me I have packed up the tents until next year and that always makes me sad.

I was not alone in having a great summer in the outdoors and so to help us all cope with the darker mornings, the rain, and the cooler nights here are some other great camping and festival posts to read. ..

Samantha at NorthEastFamilyFun was letting her kids have a taste of freedom at the Corbridge Festival

"I'm a bit of a free range parent and I'm keen to give Harry some extra
independence this summer. He is going into Year 5 in September and when I
remember how much I did at his age it was a lot more than he does now.
The festival wasn't too busy through the daytime so Steve and I found a
spot next to a noticeable landmark and let H&H have some freedom to
explore with the instructions to check in regularly. The festival is in
one field and has a big fence around it, plus they had our phone number
on their wristband so I was confident they wouldn't get lost." Read More

While Meg was experiencing what it's like to be a new mum at a music festival when she went to the Secret Garden Party without her baby!

"My festival experience has changed slightly since having a child
as I’m sure you are all aware, as a parent your priorities change. But
what’s funny is that it’s carried over into everything that you do….including
going to a festival even when the baby is left at home with the
grandparents! So here is what it’s like going to a festival as a new
mum……" Read More

Not everyone was at a festival though, there was plenty of glamping and yurting (can yurt be a verb?!) to be had too.

Naomi at Life by Naomi was thrilled to stay in a yurt with family and friends.

"We cooked all out meals on site – it made sense with so many children
around. We had a barbecue one evening and a chilli on the other, which I
had made in advance. The electric cookers were really efficient, and
all the yurts were really well equipped with cooking equipment and
utensils. Washing up was easy too – and there was so much hot water!
(That was a glamping bonus for me.)
We had an absolutely brilliant time from start to finish. Yes, it
rained. But, we’re British, so we just got on with it. The kids had an
absolute blast, and were completely exhausted from running around
outside all day" Read More

"Our home for two nights was Jolly Day’s signature Woodland Tent.
Spacious and charming, it had everything we needed for a very
comfortable stay. Outside our tent was a large veranda and right off
our front steps we had our own BBQ and picnic table." Read More

"the unadulterated joy of just rocking up and not having to deal with
that. Also the yurt has proper beds. And a wood burning stove. And a
hob. And a bottle opener and all sorts of useful, good and pretty things
that frankly won’t fit in the back of my car any more because of the
level of ‘stuff’ that leaving the house with the kids seems to demand.
It was bliss." Read More

Hope you enjoyed the foray back into warm summer nights. I have some more 'back to nature camping trips to suggest you read next time. Until then, keep in touch via Twitter and Facebook.

Let me know how you cope with camping withdrawal...or do you snow camp? I'd LOVE to hear about that (it's on my bucket list)

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